Interactive Masterplanning for Loughborough Town Centre
The consultation was deemed highly effective, successfully capturing comprehensive information and securing the evidence needed to forward-inform further masterplanning.
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Developers and Land Owners
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Shape your developments with community input from day one and deliver homes that meet real community needs. Understand places faster, consult better, and deliver homes that meet real needs.
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3x More Community Engagement
Transform complex housing proposals into interactive 3D visualisations that communities can easily understand and explore. Get significantly more meaningful feedback compared to traditional consultation methods.
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More Community Interaction
Save 40% Time on Consultation Preparation
Streamline your consultation process with automated setup, interactive maps, and real-time reporting. Focus on design decisions rather than administrative tasks.
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Time Saved on Reporting
70% More Constructive Feedback
Get specific, actionable feedback by area and proposal instead of generic responses. Interactive consultations encourage detailed, constructive comments that inform better design decisions.
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More Constructive Feedback
Tools to help you deliver local impact
Design-aligned community consultation that delivers better housing outcomes
Following RIBA's Engagement Overlay to Plan of Work
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RIBA Stage 0-1
Strategic Definition & Preparation
Place Analysis - Community needs analysis and local context review to inform your brief and understand the place.
Socio-demographic analysis and community profiling
Infrastructure gap analysis and local amenity mapping
Public health and social infrastructure assessment
Design-Aligned for Best Possible Outcomes
PlaceChangers is purpose-built to support the RIBA Plan of Work, ensuring community consultation enhances rather than hinders design quality. Our tools provide the evidence and insights needed to create housing developments that communities love and that deliver measurable social value.
What project leaders say about PlaceChangers
Real feedback from development teams using our platform for housing projects
"Using the 3D consultation on PlaceChangers made it significantly easier for the public to visualise the proposed housing and green spaces."
Abby Cassady
Development Manager, Gentoo
"The interactive consultation on PlaceChangers brought the masterplan to life, making it easy for the community to explore and provide meaningful feedback. The platform was clear, user-friendly, and ensured accessibility for all."
Nick Banks
Senior Regional Director (South East), Richborough
"This consultation was all about engaging the local community meaningfully, and PlaceChangers enabled exactly that. PlaceChangers interactive consultations give us a way to explain complex design to a broad audience, reflected in constructive and positive responses from our audience."
Melissa Flynn
Head of Development, Vistry North East
New Build Residential Case Studies
See how housing developers are using PlaceChangers to deliver better developments
Shaping Blaby’s Growth: Early Engagement on Outline Masterplan
Context Blaby is facing a mounting housing need, with limited opportunities for younger residents and families to find affordable, well-located homes. In response, Bonnel Homes proposed a mixed development of up to 350 homes at Keepers Farm, alongside an expansive new country park integrated with nearby open spaces and walking routes to serve the wider community. The site lies on the edge of Blaby, adjoining Countesthorpe, and presents both opportunities and sensitivities: maintaining separat
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Revitalising a Listed Landmark: Jesmond Bus Depot Redevelopment
Context The former Jesmond Bus Depot, designed by the Newcastle-based firm Marshall and Tweedy in 1931 and now a vacant and vandalised Grade II listed building in a prominent city centre location, had deteriorated significantly since becoming vacant in 2022, suffering from graffiti, structural damage, and break-ins, with ongoing anti-social behaviour making the site unsafe and unsightly. Located close to Newcastle city centre, the site occupies a highly visible and strategically significant pos
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